Jockey Ben Melham has been given the chance to score the biggest win of his career after replacing the suspended Damien Oliver aboard the Danny O'Brien-trained Placement in the Oaks, reports The Age.It says: Oliver has been forced to forgo the ride on Placement after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board dismissed his appeal against a careless riding suspension incurred last Saturday. Melham steered Placement to second in last Saturday's group 2 Wakeful Stakes.And the Bureau of Meteorology h
Jockey Ben Melham has been given the chance to score the biggest win of his career after replacing the suspended Damien Oliver aboard the Danny O'Brien-trained Placement in the Oaks, reports The Age.
It says: Oliver has been forced to forgo the ride on Placement after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board dismissed his appeal against a careless riding suspension incurred last Saturday. Melham steered Placement to second in last Saturday's group 2 Wakeful Stakes.
And the Bureau of Meteorology has tipped sunny skies to prevail for the first time during the four-day Flemington carnival. Heavy rain hammered the second half of Saturday's Victoria Derby meeting, while showers persisted throughout Tuesday's Melbourne Cup program, but duty meteorologist James Taylor said the sun would dry the Flemington track.